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Telpher

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A small traveling car, usually driven by electricity, suspended from or moving on an overhead rail or cable.

n. A transportation system using telphers.

v. To transport by telpher.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An electric-run cable car used for transportation, along overhead wires.

n. A system of transportation using telphers.

v. To transport with a telpher.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity.

n. Specif., the equipment or apparatus used in a system of electric transportation by means of carriages which are suspended on an overhead conductor, as of wire.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The motor employed in hauling the carriers of a telpherage system.

Of or relating to a system of telpherage.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage

Word Usage

"Vehicles passed in whispers along the traffic streets and the overhead telpher networks, and the cries of birds could be distinguished in the most densely populated areas."

Equivalent

telpher road

Verb Form

telphered telphering telphers

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

conveyance transport

Form

telpher line telpher road telpherage